Proxima Legends, Vol 1

Fantasy Online, Books 1 & 2

By: Harmon Cooper

Narrated by: Jeff Hays

After the death of his best friend, Ryuk logs into the online fantasy world of Tritania in hopes of seeing her again.

Joined by a cantankerous goblin, a famous Swedish gamer, and a dragon, his guild sets out on an epic quest to find Tamana. Despite pressures from the real world and a mysterious faction known as the Shinigami, Ryuk uncovers a mind-blowing secret....

But the adventure is just beginning.

Upon defeating a literal big, bad wolf, the members of the guild are framed for attempted murder and imprisoned in the Empress’ dungeon. With no way out, one of them is forced to reveal a secret that will change their standing in Tritania forever.

Level up, recruit, loot, and scoot. And cue the shenanigans.

Fans of LitRPG are sure to love the comedy, mayhem, intrigue, and epic fantasy world-building found in the Proxima Legends series!

About the series

Dive to the Proxima Galaxy in this blazingly fun LitRPG series about a Japanese gamer and the guild he forms to save a digital world and battle his real-world Yakuza brother. Expect JRPG-inspired stats, unique classes, epic battles, and offbeat fantasy humor for fans of everything from Rick and Morty to Dungeon Crawler Carl. Originally published as the Fantasy Online series in 2017, Proxima Legends, Vol 1 includes the first and second book in the series, as well as a novella starring Hiccup the goblin. For audiobook listeners, the audio from the legendary Jeff Hays of Soundbooth Theater shows why his narration is top-notch. For other audiobooks narrated by Jeff Hays and set in the Proxima Galaxy, check out The Feedback Loop, Monster Hunt NYC, and The Last Warrior of Unigaea.

Praise for Proxima Legends:

"With incredible depth and lifelike characters, this book had me breaking out in laughter on more than one occasion! Drop whatever you're doing and buy this book—you won't regret it!" (Luke Chmilenko, author of the Ascend Online and Savage Dominion and co-author of Iron Prince series)

"The futuristic, adult-rated, JPRG universe gamers have been waiting for!" (Apollos Thorne, author of the Codename: Freedom, Underworld, and Heaven's Law series)

"This is one of the few LitRPG novels where I thought the real-world story line was as interesting as the game one." (Ramon Mejia, host of The LitRPG Podcast and author of the Mechanical Crafter series)

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Really good! Loved it!

I absolutely agree with another reviewer who said that the RL story was as engaging as the gaming one. It explained the reason for how the MC started out all beaten down. But, the dynamic between the guild members is awesome! Fun to see some overlap in Harmon Cooper’s other writings/books in this world. So much fun! Great banter, character growth, chemistry between ALL players. Jeff Hays knocked the narration out of the park. Just an absolute joy to listen to.

A pleasantly unique story

Proxima Legends, Vol 1 is a great book with multiple likable characters that you follow, An interesting story that will keep you entertained when following the main character in the VR game, Proxima, and when he is in the actual world. The main protagonist and those who are around in throughout the book are enjoyable and tend to even each other out. The book also has an interesting idea with the two universes (Proxima and the real world) crossing over into each other, with mysterious circumstances occurring leading to a particular group of Proxima gamers' deaths. The NPCs in the Proxima universe having knowledge of the real world was an interesting idea that added to the character's personalities and mystique of the world. There is romance in the book, but I did not find it getting in the way of my enjoyment of the main story.


Overall if you like the author’s summary and don’t mind some romance or Yakuza business, I encourage you to check this book out! It has a unique story, a fascinating idea when it comes to the universes and other games in this universe crossing over, a fantastic narrator, some references to the other books that the author has written, and a witty mither-ficken goblin named Hiccup!

Ficking Fantastic!

These books were so fun! The kind of amazing action and comedy that only the brilliant mind of Harmon Cooper can think up, and the pure gold performance from Jeff Hays that perfectly brings it to life! Can't wait for the next one!

Love the characters

Loved the references and tidbits to pop culture. Harmon Cooper writes great stories. Want more of Tokens and Towers ,Proxima Legends.

So much fun...

I love this series. The Proxima galaxy is full of wacky fun and adventure. Highly recommended.